Secondary open days
Please remember that applications for secondary school places must be completed online via the council website. The deadline is October 31st 2016.
Future open days that I have received dates for:
Stockport Grammar School open mornings – Saturday 12th November, 10am-12noon

Games and puzzles
If you are having a clear-out and have any old board games or jigsaw puzzles that are suitable for use in school on wet dinnertimes, we would gratefully receive them as we are looking to increase the range of activities on offer. Many thanks.

Band
We are delighted that Mr Stonehouse, from Bramhall High School, is able to work with us this year with the aim of getting our band up and running once more. We are hoping that the children will be able to work towards putting on a concert at school and/or taking part in a concert at the High School.
If your child plays a brass or wind instrument, violin or percussion then we hope that they will take part on Fridays between 2pm and 2:30pm. This will start this week, on Friday 14th October.
For more information please contact Miss Harrison, Miss Wilson or Miss Dean.

Celebration and achievement assembly
This year we are holding our “Celebration and achievement” assembly on a Friday morning. We still love to see what the children have achieved outside school so please bring in certificates, trophies and medals to share with us.
Certificates were presented last Friday to:

Y6E – Harry for always trying hard and setting a great example to others.
Y6E – Matthew for showing amazing improvement in maths and having the confidence to challenge himself.
Y6P – Amelia for having an infectious positive attitude towards all aspects of school life and for always being ready to learn.
Y6P – Thomas B for writing a super letter home from the WWI trenches, full of detail and emotion.
Y6W – Jake for his endless enthusiasm and consistent resilient attitude to his learning; and for being a pleasure to teach.
Y6W – Lewis for his excellent group work during our science investigation and for offering excellent answers.
Y5JP – Amber for showing great skill in colour mixing to create a 3D painting of the moon.
Y5JP – Adam for an excellent painting of the moon, showing great skill in colour mixing to create a 3D effect.
Y5LW – Charlie for his fantastic timeline poster in topic.
Y5LW – Holly W for her super problem solving skills in maths.
Y5SD – Ahmed for always being attentive in class and for enjoying reading lots of books.
Y5SD – Grace for always going above and beyond with work in class and at home.
Y4Ha – Harvey for showing improvement and developing confidence during swimming.
Y4Ha – Rowan for approaching his monitor role with maturity and independence.
Y4Hu – Charlie for his hard work to produce beautiful handwriting in all writing, making his work a pleasure to read.
Y4Hu – Isabella for hard work and perseverance in maths lessons.
Y4W – Eloise for working extremely hard on column subtraction in maths and now being able to use this method independently.
Y4W – Zac for an exciting story about Hercules and the Hydra, which was full of expanded noun phrases.
Y3D – Toby for showing great determination to solve tricky maths challenges.
Y3D – Elayna for an amazing dance, showing wonderful gestures and excellent listening.
Y3K – Flora for thoughtful, independent writing about our scooter festival.
Y3K – Tyler M for careful and independent art work and energetic PE.
Y3R – Sam for always participating in lessons, asking and answering question and joining in with class discussions.
Y3R – Keira for being a delight to teach every day and for being a fantastic helper.

Congratulations to Y3D who had 100% attendance for last week.
I am delighted that whole school attendance for this year to date is 97.15%  well done to everyone.

Miscellaneous
If you have not yet downloaded our ParentApp please do try to. We send all communications via this and all letters are also uploaded onto it. The App runs on most phones and is free to download from the App store. Search for “Nevill Road Schools”.
Information is also available on the school website www.nevillroadjunior.co.uk.